Head of Skills Development

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Job Description

Job Title:Head ofSkillsDevelopment

Location(s):London, Bristol, Leeds, or Edinburgh

Hours: Full-time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

About this opportunity

A unique opportunity to lead the learning capability that turns Lloyds Banking Group’s skills agenda into action.You'llbe responsible forcreating and mobilising high-impact developmentpropositions and experiencesthat help colleagues build the capabilities needed today and for the future.

Working at the centre of skills, talent, leadership,cultureand business transformation,you'llshapeour Skills Based Organisation ambitions andhowdevelopmentis designed,deliveredand continuously improved across the Group. This role combines strategic influence with operational leadership, ensuring learning solutions are scalable, innovative, measurable and aligned to business priorities.

Whatyou’llbe doing

• Developcompelling,marketleadingpropositionsandskillsintelligencecapabilities thatinform andbuildprioritised,futureorientated skillsand createpersonalisedexperiences

• Lead the expertise in designing and implementing solutions that translate skills, talent, leadership, culture and business requirements into high-quality development interventions.

• Build a scalable, effective operating model across build, implementation and technical delivery teams, with clear ways of working, governance, prioritisation and performance rigors.

• Work with Skills DevelopmentPartners,PeoplePartners,theOversight &Innovationteamand senior business stakeholders to ensureskillsinvestment is directed towards the priority capabilities and future skills that matter most to the Group.

• Turn skills intelligence, capabilityassessmentsand business priorities into practical learning solutions, includingdigitalmodules, webinars,skillingjourneys, developmentprogrammesand targeted interventions.

• Drive innovation in the learning domain, including new modalities, platform opportunities, digital learning, AI-enabled learningapproachesand improved colleague experience.

• Create strong connectivity with learning technology andPlatformteams so that content, user experience,dataand delivery channels evolve together.

• Ensure design, deployment and technical delivery teams can create and deploy learning consistently across the organisation through multiple modalities, with clear service standards and measurable impact.

• Provide operational leadership across a broad delivery environment, creating pace, accountability and collaboration across UK-based and India-based design and delivery capability where relevant.

• Support the emergingGroupSkillsCouncil and related governance by ensuring that agreed priorities can be translated into credible learning plans and executed effectively.

• Use data and insight to assess adoption, quality, learningimpactand business value, continuously improving the proposition and the learner experience.

• Success will be measured by the creation of a strongerskillsengine, faster and more effective mobilisation of priority learning interventions, improved learning experience, better alignment to skills and business outcomes, and a more innovative, joined-up development ecosystem.

Why join us?

We’reon an exciting journey to transform our Group and the waywe’reshaping finance for good.We’refocusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Groupa great placefor everyone.

Whatwe’relooking for

Essential requirements

• Experienceleadingskills strategies,scaledLearning& Development, capability development, learningtransformationor enterprise learning functions within a large, complex organisation.

• Experiencemanaging sizeable learning teams acrossproposition development,learningdesign, delivery, deployment, digital learning, learningoperationsor technical programme delivery.

• Strongexpertisein translating skills frameworks, capability assessments and workforce planning insights into scalable learning solutions and development programmes.

• Demonstrated experience modernising learning through learning technologies, digital platforms, AI-enabled learning, dataanalyticsor innovative learning modalities.

• Proventrack recordof building operating models, governance frameworks and delivery disciplines that improve learning quality,adoptionand business impact.

Desirable skills/experience

• Experience supporting enterprise-wide skills strategies, career pathways, specialistacademiesor capability frameworks.

• Experience working across Talent, Leadership, Culture, Organisation Effectiveness or Workforce Transformation functions within a matrix environment.

• Knowledge of learning experience platforms (LXP), learning management systems (LMS), learning analytics and emerging learning technologies.

This is a place for you…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity,equityand inclusion, supporting our customers,colleaguesand communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive,learnand develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance,locationand working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet theminimumcriteria for the role and have a disability, long-termhealthor neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.

Ready for a career whereyou’lllearn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30days holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ifyou’reexcited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’dlove to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.